Lucknow–Kanpur Suburban Railway
System is a commuter rail service operated by
Northern Railways,
North Central Railway and
North Eastern Railway to connect administrative capital
Lucknow
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with the economic and industrial capital
Kanpur
Kanpur (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. It was the primary ...
of the state
Uttar Pradesh
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. These services are mostly run using
EMU
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and
MEMU
In Indian Railways, a MEMU is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train that serves short and medium-distance routes in India, as compared to normal EMU trains that connect urban and suburban areas. The acronym stands for Mainline Electric Multiple ...
rakes. However it does not have dedicated suburban tracks but share the tracks with long distance trains. It is fondly called LC meaning Lucknow Cawnpore (old name of Kanpur).
*Distance between
Lucknow Jn and
Kanpur Central is .
*Most of the LC trains covers the whole journey within 1 hr and 50 minutes.
*Intercity and other Superfast trains take 1 hour 30 minutes.
*
Shatabdi Express takes 1 hour 15 minutes for whole journey.
EMU and MEMU trains
Lucknow to Kanpur
Kanpur to Lucknow
NOTE
*64260 originates from
Panki at 6:00 am via
Govindpuri Railway Station.
*64214 originates from
Kanpur Anwarganj at 6:00 pm .
Other Trains
Kanpur to Lucknow
Lucknow to Kanpur
See also
*
Barabanki-Lucknow Suburban Railway
*
Cawnpore-Barabanki Railway
*
Kanpur Central
*
Charbagh Railway Station
*
Indian Railways
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*
Kanpur Lucknow Roadways Service
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway
Transport in Lucknow
Suburban rail in India
Transport in Kanpur
Rail transport in Uttar Pradesh